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A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.

From the first scene the Star Trek universe as we knew it has changed forever. Kirk is now an angry wayward young man looking for trouble. He fights with Starfleet cadets in Iowa when a Capt. Pike takes an interest in him, finding out he's the only 'genius level repeat offender in the Midwest'. Pike dares Kirk to join Starfleet, goading him with the legacy of his father. A young Spock is tortured over his mixed heritage, the emotions he fights to control and the very different paths he has before him. He must choose between the Vulcan world which will never accept him as anything other than 'half human' and Starfleet Academy, worlds away from everything he has ever known. We meet Dr 'Bones' McCoy and a young linguist Uhura at the Academy and watch as a headstrong Kirk wreaks havoc on Starfleet's rules and regulations. The fleet is called to arms as peril aims at the heart of the Feder

Video: Widescreen 2.35:1, Anamorphic, color
Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 / FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 / SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.1

• 2 Disc Set
• Audio commentary with director J.J. Abrams, writers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman, producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Bryan Burk
• A New Visionfeaturette
• Gag reel
• 9 deleted scenes with optional commentary (including Spock Birth, Klingons Take Over Narada, Young Kirk, Johnny and Uncle Frank, Amanda and Sarek Argue After Spock Fights, Prison Interrogation and Breakout, Sarek Gets Amanda, Dorm Room and Kobayashi Maru (original version), Kirk Apologizes to the Green Girl and Sarek Sees Spock)
• 4 more featurettes (To Boldly Go, Casting, Aliens and Score)
• Digital Copy version and DVD-ROM features (including a free XBox 360 game trial for Star Trek: DAC, and weblinks to PC and PlayStation Network free trials).